WEEKLY(5)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so welcome to the File Formats Manual corner, bestie — this is weekly(5), aka the page for weekly, weekly.conf — weekly maintenance ✨ and yes, we're already slaying 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so /etc/weekly is the script that, by default, runs every Saturday morning on a NetBSD system — like a little weekend reset for your machine 🧚 and /etc/weekly.conf is the girl who specifies which of the standard weekly services actually get performed. main character config energy, honestly 💖

the variables below can be set to "YES" or "NO" inside /etc/weekly.conf, and the default settings live in /etc/defaults/weekly.conf 🌈

⚠️ note note note: never edit /etc/defaults/weekly.conf directly, bestie — it is often replaced during system upgrades, and that is not the vibe 😭

• rebuild_locatedb — rebuilds the locate(1) database, /var/db/locate.database, which must also exist in order to be rebuilt. like, it has to already be there first, no cap 🫶
• rebuild_mandb — rebuilds the apropos(1) database /var/db/man.db, using makemandb(8) with the -f option. iconic little rebuild moment 🔥
• rebuild_whatisdb — rebuilds the whatis(1) database(s). quick note: NetBSD provides a default whatis.db for the system manual pages, and this may not be needed. adjust your /etc/man.conf as necessary; see man.conf(5) for the details 🎀

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🦋 FILES 🦋

• /etc/weekly — weekly maintenance script
• /etc/weekly.conf — weekly maintenance configuration
• /etc/weekly.local — local site additions to /etc/weekly

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the besties in crime: daily.conf(5), monthly.conf(5) — iconic crossover event, go read them too 🌸

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👑 HISTORY 👑

history lesson, periodt: the /etc/weekly script first appeared in 4.3BSD, and the /etc/weekly.conf configuration file appeared in NetBSD 1.3 ✨

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xoxo, Debian — March 6, 2012 💖 that's the source/version and date from the footer, bestie, we're keeping the lore accurate 🫶